大炮鬼
daai6 paau3 gwai2dà páo guǐ
English
- verb; speak with a sharp tongue; brag
- Literally "big cannon devil", figuratively "someone who likes to exaggerate his/her own achievements and merits".
粵語 — Cantonese
- 鍾意車大炮嘅人
Examples
阿松查實考親試都考第尾,但係就成日車大炮話自己考第一,正一大炮鬼!
A-chung always gets last places in exams, but loves to claim to have got first places. What a liar!
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk